Updated: 3:05 AM Officials at the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office say social media, particularly Facebook are helping them be more transparent in the community.
Updated: 11:22 PM Football and basketball may be the trademark sports of eastern Kentucky, but one group in Letcher County is putting archery on the map.
Updated: 11:14 PM When people get hurt, they can go to a hospital and receive treatment. But what happens when birds get hurt? There is a facility in southeastern Kentucky for that.
Updated: 10:57 PM Compassionate, caring and full of energy. Melanie Cooper Blair's coworkers say she was the epitome of a teacher. Blair died of cancer on Tuesday and teachers are celebrating her life and sharing memories.
Posted: 6:37 PM Sheriff Danny Webb chose to serve and protect his community. That dedication has allowed Danny Webb to serve the people of Eastern Kentucky as a state trooper and Letcher County's sheriff for decades. Family, friends and coworkers managed to keep Sheriff Danny Webb Highway a surprise.
Posted: 8:09 PM Little league baseball players in Letcher County are missing brand new bats, equipment bags and gloves. The little league president says it is going to be hard to replace everything they lost.
Posted: 3:56 PM Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) President Michael B. McCall announced the names of three candidates to be interviewed for the position of president/CEO at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKCTC).
Updated: 6:31 PM It's been talked about for years, and although not set in stone, Judge Executive Jim Ward says plans are still underway to bring a federal prison to Letcher County.
Updated: 7:17 AM The Federal Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to build a prison in Kentucky, commissioning an environmental impact study on two potential sites in the southeastern part of the state.
Posted: 3:06 PM U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) announced that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has awarded a third-party contract to perform an environmental impact study (EIS) in connection with a proposed federal corrections facility in Letcher County.
Posted: 11:20 PM Firefighters say it was not an easy rescue for them Saturday in Letcher County. A dog was stranded almost halfway up a nearly 200 foot tall cliff.
Updated: 6:18 PM Wrestlers Wild Willy, Marvelous Mike Murphy, Masked Superstar and Marty Gibson took turns speaking to the students about the importance of having a dream and how that starts with saying no to drugs.
Posted: 5:08 PM Koree Stewart, 20, pleaded not guilty to several charges, including possession and distribution of matter portraying sexual performance by a minor.
Updated: 8:01 PM The Autism Awareness Ride went from Whitesburg to Jenkins. The money raised will go to providing autism care for parents and teachers in Letcher County.
